so as you could imagine, educators across california are celebrating the pass of prop 30. alex savage shows us how one bay area school stands to benefit. >> reporter: they are celebrating today after california voters okayed a tax hike to fund public education. >> just a huge sigh of relief for all of us. >> really, sound like a vote of confidence from the citizens of california in believing in education. >> reporter: when i talked though the principal two weeks ago, 30 was not polling well. today it's a very different feeling. >> this has lifted a huge weight off my shoulders. >> reporter: in this school district, the answer was simple, $2 million would have been wiped from the budget. rosa park was looking at five furlough days, but not anymore. >> i'm filled with emotion. >> second grade teacher tracy eagleheart told me that she was able to teach kids how elections directly facilitate them when she asked students today what happened to prop 30. >> i had that people decided that they wanted to pay taxes to pay for education. and so it's going to be good for our schools.